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Vega - Wildorado, TX

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Overview


Vega - Wildorado is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,783 people and just one neighborhood, Vega - Wildorado is the 685th largest community in Texas.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Vega - Wildorado isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Vega - Wildorado are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Vega - Wildorado is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vega - Wildorado who work in management occupations (18.14%), maintenance occupations (8.16%), and healthcare (8.05%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Vega - Wildorado is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Vega - Wildorado’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Demographics

The population of Vega - Wildorado overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Vega - Wildorado, 23.89% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Vega - Wildorado in 2022 was $27,710, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,840 for a family of four. However, Vega - Wildorado contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Vega - Wildorado is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vega - Wildorado home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vega - Wildorado residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Vega - Wildorado also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.16% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Vega - Wildorado include German, Irish, English, European, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Vega - Wildorado is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

Of particular note, 10.0% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Vega - Wildorado is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in TX, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.2% of the neighborhoods in Texas. If you are considering retiring to Texas, this is a good neighborhood to look at. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Vega - Wildorado are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 39.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.1%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (13.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Vega - Wildorado, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (22.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (14.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.9% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (76.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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